Using Your Printer with Application Software

Printing a test file

After you install the software, create a test file using the fonts, symbols, and formats that you use most often. Printing the test file shows you which characters you can print with your application program and whether you need to make any changes to your printer settings with SelecType.

Your test file should contain as many of the following items as possible:

•More than one full page of text

•Text on every line

•Some lines that extend completely to the margins

•Features that you can control with your software, such as bold or underlined text

•Some graphics (if you choose an EPL-7000 or HP LaserJet series IIP driver)

•Headers and footers (if your software supports them).

If you select the first printer recommended for your operating mode, you should be able to use all of the features of your application program. Even if you have to choose an alternative printer from the lists, you should still obtain a wide range of printing effects.

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